Method for use in baling and transporting cordwood



V I LE ROY muwls. METHOD FOR USE IN BALING AND TRANSPORTING COHDWOOD iAPPLICATION FILED FEB. 6. m9. I 1,333,180. Patented Mar. 9,1920.

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Be it known thatI, LE RoY D'ANBYLEwIs, residing at Seattle, in thecounty of King and State of Washington, a citizen of the UnitedStatesQhave invented a certain" new anduseful Method forUse inBaling'and TransportingCordwood;'and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and

exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art tOWl'ilCll it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improved method for use in baling andtransporting cord wood.

The. invention consists in the several features and in the construction,combination and arrangement of features as more fully hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

The object of the invention is to provlde a methodwhereby thebaling,handling and transporting of cord wood is facilitated.

- A further object is to provide a method for baling cord wood in suchshape that it may be transported by rolling it bodily, fromthe forest orother place where it has been cutand sawed to the proper thickness andlength, to any designated place desired.

A further object is to provide a method for forming cord wood intocircularbales or bundles, preferably of the following sizes: Six feetfour inches in diameter and four feetin length, containing one cord ofwood; two feet in diameter and four feet in length, containing one halfcord of wood; one foot in diameter and four feet in length contain} ingone quarter cord of wood; sixteen inches in diameter andfour feet inlength containing one third of a cord of wood, or any place.

other size desired.

A further object is to provide a method for-eliminating the necessityofloading cord wood onto trucks, wagons or other vehicles in order totransport the same from place to jacent cores;

I I Specificatimiof Letters latentfl: Patnted Mar. 9, 1 920. 'A pplication'filedl rebma 6,;11j9lf Serial no. 275301. v i

an enlarged scale, of the ispring device used to retain the arms on theextreme outer. ends of the core;

the spring device used between the bales to retain the arms on-thefinner. ends .of. two ad- Fig. 5 is a side view showing the balesarranged in tandem; and

Fig. 6 is a top plan view of Fig. 5. p In the drawings in which likereference characters denote like parts throughout the several views, 1represents a plurality of sticks of cord wood, preferably four feet inlength, which are formed into a cylindrical bale and held in place by aseries of bale wires 2, the ends of each bale wire being securedtogether in any desired manner, and 3 is a core preferably made of wood,but which may be made of any other suitable material, placed lengthwisein the center of the plurality of sticks of cord wood in the bale. Eachend of the core 3 is provided with a reduced portion 4 having an annulargroove5, and 6 are arms each provided witha sleeve 7 having a spring pin8 adapted to engage the annular groove 5 and thereby lock the arms tothe core and prevent the lateral movement of the bales.

The arms 6 are each provided with a hook 9 to which a tractor or othermotive power for transporting the bales may be secured. In order tospace the arms 6 apart and keep them parallel, a tubularbar 9 isprovided the opposite ends of which are bolted to the arms 6.

In Fig. 4 is shown an arm provided with 'a double set of spring pins 10for engaging the grooves in the cores, whichis used be tween the bales,to connecttheinner ends of the cores. f

In Figs. 6 and 7 the bales are shown as arranged in tandem, the coresbeing connected together by means of a series of arms 11 each having asleeve 12 with a spring pin toengage grooves in the core, and a hook 13to engage the hookedend 14.01% the arm of the following bale. v

Although I have only shown two bales of cord wood arranged laterallyside by side and three bales when arranged in tandem the number may beincreased or diminished as desired.

In assembling the device the cord wood is formed into a round bale withthe core insertedi l on e'itiitli'nally throngh the: middle portionthereof, the sleeves of the arms placed over the ends of the cores andlocked by'means of the spring pins, when the 'bale is ready to betransported to the desired destination by rolling-the same." 7

' What I claim is r i The method of preparing cord wood fortransportation consisting in forming the sticks of Wood into asubstantially cylindrical" bale, insertinga core Within said bale andattaching means to said core for rolling the bale.

2. The method of preparing cord Wood for transportation, consisting informing the sticks of Wood into a substantially cylin- V drical bale,tying the bale so formed together and attaching means; to said baleforrolling the same. Y 1 V 3. The method of preparing cord Wood fortransportation, consisting in forming the sticks of wood into asubstantially cylinfor rolling the bale to the said core.

4. The method of preparing cord Wood for transportation, consisting informing drical bale, tying the same, inserting a core in the center ofthe bale and attaching means the sticks into a compact cylindrical bale,tylng the same, inserting a c'orein the cenc LE ROY DANBY LEWIS

